Trying out this ‘annie moon’ thing
So, I bumped into this name, ‘annie moon’, somewhere online a while back. Can’t even remember where, maybe some old forum thread. People were talking about it like it was some kind of utility, maybe for files or something. Sounded kinda interesting, maybe useful, maybe not. Decided, what the heck, let’s give it a try when I got a free afternoon.
First step was actually finding the darn thing. Wasn’t like you could just search and boom, there it is. Took some digging. Found a link eventually, looked a bit old, but I grabbed the download anyway. It was surprisingly small, which was nice. No big installation process, just a little file.
Alright, got the file. Double-clicked it. And… nothing. Well, almost nothing. A quick flash on the screen, then gone. Typical. Went back to that forum thread, read a bit more carefully. Turns out, it needed some other specific file, like a helper library or something, from way back when. Had to hunt that down too. Found it, stuck it in the same place as the main ‘annie moon’ file.
Tried running it again. Okay, success! This time a little window popped up. Looked very basic, like something from the early 2000s. No fancy graphics, just plain buttons and boxes. Simple enough, I guess.
Putting it to the test
My main target was my downloads folder. It’s always a mess. So, I pointed ‘annie moon’ at that folder. There was a button, maybe labeled ‘Organize’ or ‘Start’, I forget. Clicked it.
It started doing… something. Didn’t give much feedback, just kinda sat there. I could hear my computer’s fan spin up, so I figured it was working. Took longer than I expected, actually. Sat there for a good few minutes just watching it.
Finally, it finished. Popped up a little ‘done’ message. So, I went and checked the downloads folder. Well, it definitely did something.
- Some files were moved into new folders, mostly named by dates. That was kinda neat.
- But, a bunch of files were still left right where they were.
- And it made a few folders with really weird names, like just symbols or random letters. No idea what that was about.
Tried it on a smaller folder next, one with just pictures. It handled that one much better. Sorted them into folders by month pretty cleanly. So, maybe it just gets confused with too many different file types or a huge number of files?
Final thoughts on ‘annie moon’
Spent a bit more time fiddling with it. There weren’t many options to change. Mostly trial and error. I figured out a couple of ways to make it sort things differently, but it always felt a bit unpredictable.
So, what’s the verdict? It’s… interesting. Like a relic from a different time. It sort of works, sometimes. For very specific tasks, like sorting photos by date, it can do the job, more or less. But for general file cleanup on a messy drive? Nah, not reliable enough. Too many weird quirks and missed files.
Was it worth the time? As an experiment, sure. It’s kinda fun to see these little old tools still floating around. But would I actually use ‘annie moon’ regularly? Probably not. It’s too rough. It feels like a personal project someone built, shared, and then forgot about. Neat idea, but needed more work. If you like messing with old software and aren’t afraid if it doesn’t work perfectly, maybe check it out if you can find it. Otherwise, probably stick to more modern stuff.
